Bill Text: NJ A718 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Requires Department of Education to biannually distribute a letter to school districts reminding districts of requirement to enroll resident students regardless of immigration status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-28 - Approved P.L.2013, c.151. [A718 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A718-Chaptered.html

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§1 - C.18A:38-4.1

§2 - Note

 

P.L.2013, CHAPTER 151, approved August 28, 2013

Assembly, No. 718 (First Reprint)

 

 

An Act concerning eligibility for enrollment in public schools and supplementing chapter 38 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The Department of Education shall biannually ¹[distribute a letter] issue notice¹ to each school district reminding the district of the obligation to enroll resident students ¹[regardless of immigration status and]¹ in accordance with ¹[the] all applicable statutes and applicable¹ rules and regulations of the State Board of Education.  The ¹[letter] notice¹ shall be ¹[distributed] issued¹ by August 1 and December 30 of each school year and shall include information on the documentation that may be requested pursuant to State board regulations to demonstrate a student's eligibility for enrollment in the district.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] on the 60th day following enactment¹.

 

 

                                

 

     Requires Department of Education to biannually distribute a letter to school districts reminding districts of requirement to enroll resident students regardless of immigration status.